;
why it prospered, 419.

_Christians_, the disciples first called, at Antioch, 567;
the worshipers of Serapis called, 568;
heathen moralists called by the name of, 568.

_Christian Symbols_, of Pagan origin, 339.

_Christening_, a Pagan rite, 320.

_Circumcision_, the universal practice of, 85.

_Claudius_, Roman Emperor, 126;
considered divine, 126.

_Cobra_, the, or hooded snake, held sacred in India, 199.

_Codom_, the Siamese Virgin-born Saviour, 118.
The legend of, contained in the Pali books, 316 B. C., 451.

_Comets_, superstitions concerning, 144, 210.

_Coming_, the second, of Christ Jesus, 233;
of Vishnu, 236;
of Buddha, 237;
of Bacchus, 238;
of Arthur, 238;
of Charlemagne, 239;
of Quetzalcoatle, 239.

_Commandments_, the ten, of Moses, and of Buddha, 59.

_Conception_, the immaculate, of Jesus, 111;
of Crishna, 113;
of Buddha, 115;
of Codom, 118;
of Salivahana, 119;
of Fuh-he, 119;
of Fo-hi, 119;
of Xaca, 119;
of Lao-kiun, 120;
of Yu, 120;
of Hau-ki, 120;
of Confucius, 121;
of Horus, 122;
of Raam-ses, 123;
of Zoroaster, 123;
of Hercules, 124;
of Bacchus, 125;
of Perseus, 125;
of Mercury, 126;
Apollo, 126;
of Quetzalcoatle, 129.

_Confession_, the, of sins, of Pagan origin, 403.

_Confirmation_, the, of children, of Pagan origin, 319.

_Confucius_, was of supernatural origin, 121;
had seventy-two disciples, 121;
author of the "Golden Rule," 415.

_Confusion of Tongues_, the "Scripture" account of, 33;
the Armenian tradition, 35;
the Hindoo legend of, 35;
the Mexican legend of, 36.

_Constantine_ (Saint), the first Roman emperor to check free
thought, 444;
accepts the Christian faith, 444;
commits murders, 444;
baptized on his death-bed, 445;
the first Roman emperor who embraced the Christian faith, 446;
his edicts against heretics, 446;
his effigies engraved on Roman coins, 446;
conferred dignities on the Christians, 446.

_Coronis_, the mother of AEsculapius, 128;
impregnated by a god, 128.

_Creation_, the, Hebrew legend of, 1;
two different and contradicto